Three Bewildered People in the Night

Dir. Gregg Arakai
Starring Mark Howell, John Lacques, and Darcy Marta
92 min.

Araki’s first feature film, Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987)— made with only $5,000—follows Alicia (Darcy Marta), who is obsessed with making confessional video tapes; her best friend and fellow struggling artist David (Mark Howell), who is considerably confused about sex and love; and Alicia’s alienated, live-in boyfriend Craig (John Lacques), who develops an affection for David that he finds difficult to define. As their romantic leanings begin to blend, the unlikely threesome falls headfirst into a love triangle that forever changes their lives.